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1860 Missouri Census Table
Title
1860 Missouri Census Table
Description
This ca. 1860 printed document presents the results of the 1860 Missouri census, showing the population of whites, “free colored” and slaves in each county. The table lists the total state population as 1,182,012, with 1,063,599 whites, 3,572 Free Colored, and 114,931 slaves. Lafayette County has the largest slave population with 6,374 slaves. The table also reveals a small American Indian population in Gasconade and Jackson Counties.
Object Type
Government Document
Letters Sent (Assistant Provost Marshal for Missouri)
Title
Letters Sent (Assistant Provost Marshal for Missouri)
Description
This notebook contains copies of correspondence sent by Col. E.B. Alexander, Acting Assistant Provost Marshal General for Missouri, in St. Louis, Missouri, during 1864 and 1865. The correspondence contains information regarding military enrollment, enlistments, and quotas, broken down by district.
Date
1864-1865
From Willard P. Hall to Hamilton R. Gamble
Title
From Willard P. Hall to Hamilton R. Gamble
Description
On August 31, 1863, Willard Hall writes from Headquarters, State of Missouri in St. Louis to Missouri Gov. Hamilton R. Gamble. Hall refers to "an order from Gen. Ewing"--presumably Order No. 11--and predicts that Jackson and Cass Counties in Missouri "will be laid waste" after its implementation. Hall adds that he will continue to protect the Missouri counties of Clay and Platte.
Object Type
Government Document
Date
August 31, 1863
Kansas and Nebraska 1856
Title
Kansas and Nebraska 1856
Description
This color map, entitled “Kansas and Nebraska 1856,” was printed by J.G. Wells in New York.
Object Type
Map
Date
1856